Response to Ch 13

Ethics is a very tricky component when dealing with leadership. Relating some of this back to the cultural component of leadership, i think that the US being so individualized and so profit focus, sometimes the ethical aspect gets shoved aside. Decisions are made not based on what is morally ethical, but on what will provide the most profit or recognition for me. I think humans act deliberately and each action is done with the intent for some reason x. Ethics get clouded when the choice should be making, does not coincide with the one we are making. I think leaders that lead with intent to change or the intent to motivate need to base actions on ethics. Ghandhi, or Martin Luther King Jr, acted from an ethical concept of non-violence and changed the lives of millions of people. When used the right way, effective leaders can act through an ethical standpoint and still be change driven!